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For some lighter fare, I give you a Hound and a chicken. Better make that two chickens.
We are living in a time of Maximum Bloviation. Everybody has a platform, and discourse on all of them seems to have fallen to the low common denominator of the Facebook rant.
Whenever I tire of listening to blowhards flap their jaws, I fire up this brilliant scene from Game of Thrones and let The Hound do the talkin’ — in all his bloody and foul-mouthed glory. Can’t embed this one, so watch it on Youtube here. And, like I said, it’s foul-mouthed and violent, so if you don’t like that sort of thing, don’t fire it up.
You need no context to appreciate this well-wrought scene, which was the highwater mark of HBO’s landmark fantasy series. It’s “medieval Westeros,” but it could be a tavern on the Monongahela River in 1777 or a saloon in the Arizona Territory in 1880. Or maybe Deadwood.
Oh, and… Fuck the King.
Mechanix Wear - John Cornelius says
The run up scene is important to the narrative, and quite useful, since one can then use “sword namers” as a real pejorative!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyURPI92PkU
John M Roberts says
My favorite scene. Watched it many times. Arya and the Hound made such a great team.
As far as I’m concerned, the whole series was worth doing for that one scene.
Mechanix Wear - John Cornelius says
Arya looked so smug as the rode off, her on a new white horse. Got a horse, got her sword back, killed Polliver. Good day’s work, I’d say.
Matthew says
Not entirely unrelated I just listened to a podcast at the Art of Manliness about how the internet changes your brain. It’s a somewhat scary podcast. It can make concentrating for a long time harder. I’ve noticed this in myself because I’ve been spending less time reading and more time online.
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/shallows-nicholas-carr-interview/
I think this has a lot of the trouble we are having today might be related to this.
I’d like to see some really violent Tannhauser scenes on screen right about now. 😉
TJ says
Great — now I’m triggered. Thanks Jim!
Cool scene. Just started season three of Yellowstone. Some is mental candy for sure, but I do appreciate some of the boss’ conflict resolution skills. We all need a friend like, or should have the loyalty of, Rip Wheeler.
Reminds me of the rookie days in the early 90’s on the unincorporated streets of Bakersfield. My first real introduction to the scary things that go bump in the night.…..
Some great references shared by others too.
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John M Roberts says
I love the way when Arya finally decides to take part in the fight, she draws a sword, goes to a wounded man, picks her spot carefully, then thrusts her point in just a few inches and withdraws it. No hysterics, just a cold-blooded execution. She’s a cold killer disguised as a young girl. And when she kills Polliver, her facial expression when she watches him die is, let’s say, a bit sensual for a girl so young.
John Cornelius says
He killed Lummy.
Quixotic Mainer says
“You going to die for some chickens?”
“Someone is…”
I definitely understand the universal nature of the quote, Josey Wales or Conan could have said that just as easily. While there have always been braggarts and blowhards, I have a distinct feeling the internet tough guy will someday become a thing of the past. That attitude is part of what has bred the wildfire of nastiness, but I expect it will abate considerably when enough folk have smelled blood or powder for themselves.
You’re right — that’s a Josey Wales line for sure.
John Cornelius says
Conan sensed their uncertainty and grinned mirthlessly and ferociously. “Who dies first?”
he mumbled through smashed and bloody lips.
The Phoenix on the Sword
Quixotic Mainer says
That’s it! I was going to listen to Beyond the Black River again today on my drive, but I think I’ll change it up now.
Either story is evergreen. Never tire of them.